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SGFC Newsletters
SGFC February 2007 E-Newsletter
Fertility report released, Treatment results by age, One couple's story, more.
SGFC 2005 IVF Report
In 2005, SGFC became the largest fertility center in the US performing over 3000 IVF treatment cycles. These treatments resulted in 1130 clinical pregnancies and nearly 1000 deliveries.
Too Late to Conceive? The Truth About Age and Infertility
While there can be many causes of infertility, natural pregnancy rates decrease sharply as a woman ages, especially after the age of 35. It's noteworthy that over 40% of Shady Grove Fertility patients ages 35-40 have gotten pregnant, and 25% of patients over age 40 have conceived using IVF.
And Baby Makes 3: Planting the Seeds of Fertility
Christine Ro and her husband Kevin had been trying to get pregnant for two years. Realizing that they needed to find out why they weren't succeeding, they made an appointment to see infertility specialist Dr. Joseph Osheroff, a physician on staff at Howard County General Hospital.
Successful Treatments for Couples with Male Infertility
In Vitro Fertilization and improved laboratory fertilization techniques have significantly changed the pregnancy success rates for patients with all diagnoses, especially those with moderate to severe male factor. Intracytoplasmic Sperm Injection (ICSI) along with advanced sperm retrieval techniques allow more men to utilize their own sperm to conceive, when only a few years ago, donor sperm may have been their only option.
Pregnancy Hormone Support Following Fertility Treatment
This medical update describes the rationale for the use of estrogen and/or progesterone supplementation in each of a variety of therapeutic settings following infertility and assisted reproduction. The most commonly used medications and doses are outlined and the regimens for their use and discontinuation are described.
Preimplantation Genetic Diagnosis
Preimplantation Genetic Diagnosis technology can improve the likelihood of a successful pregnancy and birth for two distinctly different groups of patients. These include couples with infertility related to recurrent miscarriage or multiple failed IVF cycles and couples who are at risk for passing along inherited genetic disease to their offspring.
Washingtonian Magazine's Top Docs
In the latest "Top Docs" issue of Washingtonian Magazine, nearly half of the "Top Docs" fertility specialists mentioned are from Shady Grove Fertility.
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